Did some pattern testing for Trina Peterson this week and took photos with Wendy Franzak’s super fancy photo box. The pattern will be out soon and is called “Zipper Squared”. It’s really well written and is much easier than it seems.

OK, so maybe kind of crazy that my last post was the last PQ season.
And my new post is a new PQ season.
No judgement, right?

Things have been a bit overwhelming lately and I really didn’t think that I would be able to fit in any of the PQ Season 9 challenges. But this little number was made from Cherrywood fabric to illustrate depth perspective using overlapping for my Design Essentials 1 class taught by Lorraine Torrence at Mill House Quilts in Waunakee WI. It was made Fri and due Sat and qualifies for PQ 9.2: Triangulation on Sun cause I used some triangles to show the depth: win-win. (Size 7.5 x 7.5″)

The last challenge of Project Quilting Season 8 is here. ☹️ The theme is Time is Up. I had a bunch of skull/grunge/black/white fabric still spread out on the table from making this quilt, so I used what was still there, cause we all run out of time in so many ways, don’t we?

“Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark-spattered wheels and a hoarse roar of power or terror. It’s passing, yet I’m the one who’s doing all the moving. “. -Martin Amis

My best dressed man for the Project Quilting challenge is Dr. Frank N. Furter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Fabric is all Grunge and the whole image is raw edge appliqué. For the fishnet background, I placed the black on top of the red and stitched the lines, then cut out between the lines. To make it easier to separate the black from the red, I heavily glue basted the red to the batting prior to stitching.

Obviously, this is my PQ 8.4 challenge with the pretty bright Pantone color of the year 2017, greenery, but since I used that color, it also works for the Mad Mod Quilt Guild challenge to make something using greenery.

But since this will ALSO fulfill a late assignment for a Naughty or Nice swap, I need to get it into the mail on Monday. SOOO, I’ll be making a very close replica to show at the guild meeting in March … Using the same greenery, of course.

This piece also serves to remind me to Give A Damn, especially in those times when I’m feeling more like Fuck It. The design was based very much on this picture by @lisacongdon (check her out on Instagram). Cherrywood was used to compliment the Kona green.

I also want to share what I received from Linda Payne for the Naughty or Nice swap. She hand sewed on cork fabric! How cool is that?! (Oh, and those are Cherrywood triangles. 😀)

For the third Project Quilting challenge in Season 8, we were told to explore texture. For awhile, I had been wanting to experiment with Fabric Magic and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. My current infatuation with Cherrywood hand dyed fabrics made the material selection easy since it naturally has a textured look..

The Fabric Magic is sewn to the material, then steamed with an iron to make it shrink and create texture. Sounds easy, and it really is pretty cool, but I haven’t used water in my iron, it’s older, and apparently, there was some dark gunk in the steam pores. So, guess what? The dark gunk ended up on my fabric. Boo! It sort of maybe looks like part of the dyed effect, but not really.

The thought of investing in anything quilted with a spotted piece of fabric wasn’t super exciting, so I made a zippy pouch, which has been one of my favorite fun, go-to things to make lately.

I would definitely use Fabric Magic again, but might need to invest in a new, clean iron first. This is one of my favorite things about PQ: each challenge provides a great opportunity to experiment. #pqSeason8

It’s time for Project Quilting again, so it must be time to remember my blog password. Season 8 is here, hosted by Kim Lapacek and with challenges by Trish Frankland. The theme for this first challenge is “8 is Great”.

To practice a the paper pieced templates in the Tessellation pattern by Allison Glass, I made 8 wedges using Cherrywood fabric. A sampler pack purchased at Quilt Expo in 2016 (thanks, Trish, for the recommendation) worked perfect and the hand dyed fabric is just delicious!